diff --git a/src/lib/orionld/dds/ddsNotification.cpp b/src/lib/orionld/dds/ddsNotification.cpp
index 671f92f3f6..072864281f 100644
--- a/src/lib/orionld/dds/ddsNotification.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/orionld/dds/ddsNotification.cpp
@@ -86,17 +86,32 @@ void ddsNotification(const char* typeName, const char* topicName, const char* js
   char* expandedType = orionldContextItemExpand(orionldState.contextP, entityType, true, NULL);
   typeNodeP = kjString(orionldState.kjsonP, "type", expandedType);
 
-  KjNode* attrValueNodeP = kjLookup(kTree, topicName);
-  if (attrValueNodeP == NULL)
+  KjNode* topicNameNodeP = kjLookup(kTree, topicName);
+  if (topicNameNodeP == NULL)
     KT_RVE("No attribute field ('%s') in DDS payload", topicName);
+  KjNode* dataNodeP = kjLookup(topicNameNodeP, "data");
+  if (dataNodeP == NULL)
+    KT_RVE("No 'data' field in DDS attribute payload", topicName);
+
+  KjNode* tNodeP = kjLookup(topicNameNodeP, "type");
+  if (tNodeP != NULL)
+    kjChildRemove(topicNameNodeP, tNodeP);
+
+  KjNode* valueNodeP  = dataNodeP->value.firstChildP;
+  char*   xId         = valueNodeP->name;
+  KjNode* subAttrP    = kjString(orionldState.kjsonP, "xId", xId);
+  KjNode* attrNodeP   = kjObject(orionldState.kjsonP, NULL);
+
+  valueNodeP->name = (char*) "value";
+
+  kjChildAdd(attrNodeP, valueNodeP);
+
+  // Add the xId node as "hidden" sub-property - not to be included in GETs, only for DDS publish reconstruction
+  kjChildAdd(attrNodeP, subAttrP);
 
   orionldState.payloadIdNode   = idNodeP;
   orionldState.payloadTypeNode = typeNodeP;
 
-  KjNode* attrNodeP = kjObject(orionldState.kjsonP, NULL);
-  kjChildAdd(attrNodeP, attrValueNodeP);
-  attrValueNodeP->name = (char*) "value";
-
   orionldState.requestTree         = attrNodeP;
   orionldState.uriParams.format    = (char*) "simplified";
   orionldState.uriParams.type      = typeNodeP->value.s;
diff --git a/test/functionalTest/cases/0000_dds/dds_notifications.test b/test/functionalTest/cases/0000_dds/dds_notifications.test
index c987819914..7e683a9dab 100644
--- a/test/functionalTest/cases/0000_dds/dds_notifications.test
+++ b/test/functionalTest/cases/0000_dds/dds_notifications.test
@@ -165,19 +165,18 @@ Link: <https://uri.etsi.org/ngsi-ld/v1/ngsi-ld-core-contextREGEX(.*)
             },
             "type": "Property",
             "value": {
-                "data": {
-                    "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0": {
-                        "b": false,
-                        "f": 0,
-                        "i": 0,
-                        "ia": [
-                            0,
-                            0
-                        ],
-                        "s": "abc"
-                    }
-                },
-                "type": "NgsildSample"
+                "b": false,
+                "f": 0,
+                "i": 0,
+                "ia": [
+                    0,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "s": "abc"
+            },
+            "xId": {
+                "type": "Property",
+                "value": "REGEX(.*)"
             }
         },
         "type": "Camera"
@@ -194,19 +193,18 @@ Link: <https://uri.etsi.org/ngsi-ld/v1/ngsi-ld-core-contextREGEX(.*)
             },
             "type": "Property",
             "value": {
-                "data": {
-                    "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0": {
-                        "b": false,
-                        "f": 0,
-                        "i": 2,
-                        "ia": [
-                            0,
-                            0
-                        ],
-                        "s": ""
-                    }
-                },
-                "type": "NgsildSample"
+                "b": false,
+                "f": 0,
+                "i": 2,
+                "ia": [
+                    0,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "s": ""
+            },
+            "xId": {
+                "type": "Property",
+                "value": "REGEX(.*)"
             }
         },
         "ddsType": {
@@ -228,19 +226,18 @@ Link: <https://uri.etsi.org/ngsi-ld/v1/ngsi-ld-core-contextREGEX(.*)
             },
             "type": "Property",
             "value": {
-                "data": {
-                    "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0": {
-                        "b": false,
-                        "f": 3.14,
-                        "i": 0,
-                        "ia": [
-                            0,
-                            0
-                        ],
-                        "s": ""
-                    }
-                },
-                "type": "NgsildSample"
+                "b": false,
+                "f": 3.14,
+                "i": 0,
+                "ia": [
+                    0,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "s": ""
+            },
+            "xId": {
+                "type": "Property",
+                "value": "REGEX(.*)"
             }
         },
         "P4": {
@@ -254,19 +251,18 @@ Link: <https://uri.etsi.org/ngsi-ld/v1/ngsi-ld-core-contextREGEX(.*)
             },
             "type": "Property",
             "value": {
-                "data": {
-                    "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0": {
-                        "b": false,
-                        "f": 4.14,
-                        "i": 4,
-                        "ia": [
-                            0,
-                            0
-                        ],
-                        "s": "p4"
-                    }
-                },
-                "type": "NgsildSample"
+                "b": false,
+                "f": 4.14,
+                "i": 4,
+                "ia": [
+                    0,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "s": "p4"
+            },
+            "xId": {
+                "type": "Property",
+                "value": "REGEX(.*)"
             }
         },
         "ddsType": {